Machine for treating dough and like materials.



Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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G. syBAKBR, MACHINE FOR TREATING DGUGH AND LIKE MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1909.

G. s. BAKER. MACHINE POB. TREATING DOUGH AND LIKE MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1909.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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G. S. BAKER.

MACHINE FOR TRBATING DOUGH AND LIKE MATERIALS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNI-119, 1909.

'Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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APPLIOAHQLFILED JUNE 19, 1909.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

GEORGE SAMUEL EAKER, E LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

`iiIAcIIIN'ia: Eon TEEA'IING noUGH AND LIKE MATERIALS.

Be it known `that I, GEORGE SAMUEL BAKER, a subject of the King of England,

residing at Willesden Junction, London,

NI l/V., England, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Machines for Treating Dough and Lik'e Materials, of

' which .the following is a specification.

This invention comprises improvements in and relating 'to machines for treating dou h and like materials and includes the' com ination of a machine for dividing the material into pieces orquantities, a machine for the preliminary molding-of said piecesv into the desired shape', a' device orapparatus for provingthe molded material and novel means for equalizing the feed of the molded.

articles from tle preliminary molding Inachine and feeding said articles into the proving device. In certain cases the-preliminary molding machine may be dispensed with .and the divided masses delivered by the said equalizing and feedgmeans directly to the proving device.

In the application of the invention to a Vbakery plant the dough divider [may be of any approvedconstruction, for instance of Aing device which may also be ofanv apthe rotary type, adapted to deliver say six, or any other predetermined number of divided masses' of material at each operation on to a conveyer belt which transfers them to the molding machine. This latter may also be of any desired or kno'wn forni but, it is contemplated to use one comprising an'.

endless traveling apron and a cylinder rotating transversely to the plane or direction of movement of the apron and between which and the roller the divided masses are molded. VFrom the molding machine the *material passes on a traveling web or belt to the provproved form, for example of the type which comprises a series of rows of boxes or compartments lying transversely of an intermittently operated web; each row of boxes being equal in number to the divided masses delivered by the dividing machine.

It has been found in practice'that the feed of the pieces of material in their progress from the dividing machine and through the moldin machine, where such is used, becomes s ightly unequal or irregular, causing the pieces to be deliveredunequally or at not exactly the correct moment intothe compartments of the roving device, it being necessary that this delivery should take Specification of Letters Patent. Application flied .rune ie, i909.

Patented Nov. es, 1909. serial No. 503,069. l

place at the moment when. said compartments are stationary. In order to obviate this disadvantage I iiiterpose between the molding machine and the proving device or between the latter and the dividing machine when the molding machine is notl used, special means for equalizing the feed of the divided pieces so that the latter 'are delivered to the'proving device at the correct 'and neatly fed into each compartment of a row. These means comprise an endless web interposed in the belt oi conveyer leading to the proving device and given a forward feed, for example, by means of pawl and ratchet gear operated from a crank. In

some constructions the said web is mounted on two rollers in xed bearings and on two Other rollers in' sliding bearings in such a` manner that the portion or run thereof which carries the given number of divided pieces in substantially equally spaced rela- ,tion is extended over the row of compart- 'ments of the proving device and while the latter is stationary is caused to recedeat the desired speed to permit a single divided'or molded or divided and molded piece to' drop over the forward end or edge thereof'into each-compartment of a row, and then while the proving device is moving another step forward to collect a fresh supply from the 'conveyerand bring same into position for delivery and so on. Mechanism for producing the desired movements of the web may comprise one or more heart wheels or cams vadapted to 'reciprocate a rack in mesh with time and inl such-a manner as to be properly l above.

retaining pawl acting in conjunction with the ratchet of the driving mechanism.l

All the machines or .devices comprising the plant may be driven oractuated from one main source of power and the mechanism arranged so that the operation of the various elements is properly timed for the purpose in view.

I may combine other molding provingand ifeed equalizing devices with the above apparatus if required where it is desirable or necessary to treat the material as above described more than once. y

Examples of the invention are represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- AFigure 1 is a diagrammatic elevation of f apparatus suitable for a bakery plant; Fig. 2

i y which they may be again passed if is a diagrammatic plan thereof. ,Fig 3 is a side elevation of one form of equalizing feed, device or mechanism referred to above. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of Fig. Fig. 5 is a side elevation and Fig. 6 a plan view of a modified form of feed device. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another modified form of feed device, and Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are respectively a side elevation, plan and end ele vation of a still further modified form of as a belt for sake of clearness of illustration.-

8 designates a provino' device of known form comprising an end ess series of boxes 9 into which the divided and molded pieces are fed 'from the feed device 7 and from desired toa second or filial molder I0 by means of the conveyer belt 11a.

, As aforesaid all the above apparatus or devices may be driven from one source of power, but as the mechanism for this pui'- 'iose foi'ins no part of the present invention, it is not described hereinnand may be of any suitable construction.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4 the equal- Y izing or automatic feed device, indicated at also passing around Ilas 7 in Fig. 2 comprises the'endless web'll passing around rollers 12 and 13 mounted in bearings on the frame of the device, and other rollers 14 and 15 carried by a. reciprocating slide 16 Vhaving a rack 17 at its lower part with which'ineshes a-toothed wheel 18 revolving with a pinion 19 in mesh with a rack 20 slidably mounted in the frame.

21 designates the main shaftdriven from the pulley 22aiid carrying a crank disk 23 which aetuaties through the connecting rod 24 the pawl and ratchet mechanism 25.l 26, by which an intermittent movement is given to the roller 13 and consequently to the web 11 in the dire'ctionof the arrow w. A. retaining pawl prevents backward moveon to a belt conveyer 2 forwar ment of the ratchet wheel 26. On the main shaft 21 isv also mounted a pinion 27 meshing with a toothed wheel 28 which in turn is in gear with another toothed Wheel29 the shafts of said two wheels carrying heart shaped cams 30 and' 31 respectively adapted to act upon an antifriction roller 32' carried by the rack 20.

From the above description it will be seen that by means of the driven cams 30, 31', rack 20, pinion 19, toothed wheel. 18 and rack 17 the slide16 is given remittent reciprocating movement alternately first in one direction and then in the opposite diiect-ion during the revolution of said. cams. During the movement of Vthe slide in a forward direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. '3 the web is caused to extend into the position shown in dotted lines to a point `over the farthermost box 9 of the proving device 8, or other apparatus which it may be desired to charge, and on again receding, the pieces of dough carried in spaced relation by the web 11 are caused to separatelyv drop over the edge of the webwhich passes `around the roller 14 into each of the boxes in turn, the feed mechanism being so timed that during the' forward movement of the web the first of the number of said pieces'is in correct position to so drop into the fartliermost box and the general actuating? mechanism being also so timed that the ie ceding movement zof the web takes place while the boxes of the proving device are stationary, and the web 1s rceivnig another set while the proving device is moving to bring another series of boxes into receiving position.

Figs. 5 and G show a construction in which the web 41 is given a continuous forward independent feed movement at the same vor approximately the sa me speed as its forward reciprocating movement during both its forward, and backward strokes instead of a general intermittent feed during its return stroke only as in the construction above described. '.lhe web 41' is mounted on rollers '42 and 43 in tixedibearings in the machine frame and on rollers 45 and 4G onvthe slide 47. A simplified form of diiviiig mec'lian ism is adopted for reciprocating said slide, this mechanism comprising a single heart shaped box cam 48 in the groove of which' travels a roller 49 mounted on the slide 50 which imparts movement through rack 51, pinion 52 and s ur 4wheel 53 to the rack 54 of slide 47. T e cam is driven from the pulley shaft 44 by, the'l train of gearing 55, 56 and 57 and the slide 50 is slotted as at 58 for assage of the cam shaft 59 on which it is a so guided. For imparting, the desired continuous' inde endentirfe'ed movement to the web 41 in tie fonard direction indi` cated bg the arrow at the same sleed as 'the reciprocating movement may proiso L bearings in the 4ample by applied to or vide as an example the shaft 14: with a pulley 60 and the shaft 61 of the roller 42 with also a pulley 62, said pulleys being connected by a crossed belt 63. To feed the shaft .'Aby means of the disk 71 and .rod 72. l

It will thus be seen that the pieces delivered at the proper distances apart on to the intermittently moving web 64 are dropped from the latter onto 41, and are fed and discharged'into the proving or other apparatus in the manner previously describe Referring now to Fig. 7 which shows a construction for economizing space in-connection .with apparatus of thls kind whereby it possible to provide an active web surfac'etof greatly increased length without increasing the actual Vlongitudinal dimensions of themachine, the web 81 is not mounted on a reciprocating slide as formerly but passes about rollers 83 and 84 having fixed frame and about other rollers 85 and 86 carried by sliding blocks 87 and 8.8 respectively mounted to run on rods or guides 39 and 40 of which there may be twov pairs side by side. -The said blocks are connected together by a chain, Wire rope of equivalent 91 which passes at one end about a driving pulley or- Wheel 92 and at the other end about guide pulleys 92a, 92a.`

Theweb 81=is a-lso guided 1n its course by other pullelys or rollers 98, 93n and is driven continuous y in a `forward direction indicated by the.r arrow z by means of, a belt or chain 94 passinor about pulleys 95'ai1d 96 on the shaft 97 o roller 83 and on the ycam shaft 98v respectivelyf The necessary reciprocating 'movement is imparted to the web 81 bythe chain 91 and blocks 87, 88 forfex-v means of a heart shaped cam ,99 in the groove of carried by a slide 101. having a) rack 102 which drlves a train ofgearmglOS, 104, 105, the latter of which 's mounted on the shaft ofthe aforesaid pulley .or Wheel 92. 106- indicates thedriving sha t which actuates the cam shaft 98 and consequently the web. 81 through the spur gear107, 108. The

' directions of movement of the various parts are shownby means of arrows.' The web .81 of 'this construction may be fed at intermolding orj'dividing mavals from the l chine by any convenient nii-3ans', or an inter# mittently moving web similar to '64 of the construction shown in Figs. lxfanld 6 may be used in conjunction with movement ,that compared with the form the continuously moving web the desiredposition overv the vaction so that which runs a rollerf100 thisr form of apparatus. It will be obvious from the above description that the web 81 will always have an independent feed movement in a forward direction and will be reciprocated in the required manner for the discharge of the pieces being always held taut by the give and take movement of thc blocks 87, 88 and chain 91. The pieces as they drop over the forward edge of the web on the return stroke lof the latter may drop onto a transversely` disposed inclined board or feeding band or roller or any suitable dcvice (not shown) which conducts them to the compartmentsor trays of the proving or other apparatus. It will .also be obvious shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the form shown in Fig. 7 presents a much longer surface of'web available for use in comparison to the longitudinal space occupied by the machine. v

-In the'moditication of the automatic feed device shown' in Figs. .8, 9 and 10 the web 115 moves as a whole in the known manner and passes around rollers-116, 11i' and 118 all carried by a slide 119 having at its base' rearward or return stroke of the slide 119.

The action of thisy form Aof the device is as follows. When the slide 119 and consequently the web 115 are in their rearward positions shown in dotted lilies in Fig. 9 the pieces of dough (viz: four in the example illustrated) arefed onto said web, whereupon tlie slide and web are carried forward (in the direction of arrow g/ Fig. 8) by the mechanism 122, vWheel 121 and rack 120 into provin or y During this clutchor ratchet 126 is out of no independent feed movement 'of the web 115 takes place, but on the return of the slide said clutch is brought into action and by means of the toothed wheel 124 and rack 125 the web is given a continuous forward movement -whereby the pieces of dough are fedinto the receptacles of the proving-apparatus a., a, e, a. While the slide 119 is at rest in its forward position, four more pieces of dough drop direct into the prover receptacles o, Y), o, thereby giving a total number of eight pieces, delivered into each row of the prover boxes.

I do not limit myself to the constructions herein 'described and shown in the drawings, since the same may be varied within limits determined by the following claims without departing lVhat I other apparatus -to be charged. movement the claim as my invention and desire any other appropriate from the spirit of the invention.

. ent forward to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis:-

1. In a machine for treating dough and like materials the combination of an endless feed conveyer, driven means for imparting remittent reciprocating movement to said conveyer, means for imparting an independmovement to said conveyer whereby divided masses of material are fed over its forward end during its return stroke, a separate endless web adapted to convey masses of .material in spaced relation to said conveyer' and means for imparting an intermittent forward movement to said web.

In a machine for treating dough and like materials the combination of a dividing apparatus, a proving` apparatus, an endless feed conveyer intermediate the dividing and proving apparatus, means for feeding the divided masses of material from the dividing 'apparatus to said conveyer, means for imparting reciprocating movement to the conveyer and means for imparting an independent forward movement to said conveyer whereby the divided masses of material are fed over the forward end thereof into the proving'apparatus during the return stroke of the reciprocating movement of. said conveyer.

- Ina machine for treating dough and like materials the combination of a dividing apparatus, a molding apparatus, means for feeding the divided masses of material from the dividing apparatus to the molding apparatus, a prov1ng-apparatus, an endless feed conveyer intermediate the molding and-provand molded masses of material from .the

molding apparatus vto the feed'conveyer,

means for` imparting reciprocating movement to the conveyerand means for imparting an mdependent forward lmovement to said .conveyer whereby the vdivided masses of material are fed over the forward end thereof into the proving apparatus during the return stroke of the reciprocating movement of said conveyer.

4. A machine lof the character described having an endless feed conveyer, driven means for imparting 4-remittent reciprocatory movement to said conveyer, Athe movements so imparted alternating first in enedirection and thenin a reverse direction, and means for imparting an independent uni-directional movement to said eonveyer through- ,ing apparatus, means for feeding the divided.v I

out the remittent recipvrocatoryv movement thereof whereb divided masses of material supplied upon' he conveyer are successively l fed over` its forward end during the` return stroke of its reciprocatory movement.

. In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses. v

GEORGE SAMUEL BAKER. Witnesses:

WM. O; BROWN, F. C. SMITH.' 

